1. Influence of sunflecks on the δ ¹³ C of Adenocaulon bicolor plants occurring in contrasting forest understory microsites

   • Robert W. Pearcy
   • William A. Pfitsch

   Original Papers Pages: 457 - 462

2. Phenological variation in fruit characteristics in vertebrate-dispersed plants

   • Ove Eriksson
   • Johan Ehrlén

   Original Papers Pages: 463 - 470

3. Tree dispersion in oak-dominated forests along an environmental gradient

   • Scott L. Collins
   • Sabine C. Klahr

   Original Papers Pages: 471 - 477

4. The effect of a single colony of the red wood ant, Formica polyctena, on the spider fauna (Araneae) of a beech forest floor

   • Arndt Brüning

   Original Papers Pages: 478 - 483

5. Seeing the trees for the wood: random walks or bounded fluctuations of population size?

   • P. J. den Boer

   Original Papers Pages: 484 - 491

6. Resource limitation of tephritid flies on lesser burdock, Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh. (Compositae)

   • N. A. Straw

   Original Papers Pages: 492 - 502

7. Population growth of a gorgonian coral: equilibrium and non-equilibrium sensitivity to changes in life history variables

   • Howard R. Lasker

   Original Papers Pages: 503 - 509

8. Trophic interactions and habitat segregation between competing Daphnia species

   • M. A. Leibold

   Original Papers Pages: 510 - 520

9. Trade-offs between growth and reproduction in female bison

   • Wendy C. H. Green
   • Aron Rothstein

   Original Papers Pages: 521 - 527

10. Determinants of reproductive success in female Columbian ground squirrels

    • Wendy J. King
    • Marco Festa-Bianchet
    • Susan E. Hatfield

    Original Papers Pages: 528 - 534

11. Environmental and genotype-by-environment influences on chick size in the Yellow-browed leaf warbler Phylloscopus inornatus

    • Trevor Price

    Original Papers Pages: 535 - 541

12. Responses of pocket gophers (Thomomys bottae) to changes in diet quality

    • S. C. Loeb
    • R. G. Schwab
    • M. W. Demment

    Original Papers Pages: 542 - 551

13. The effects of light on foliar chemistry, growth and susceptibility of seedlings of a canopy tree to an attine ant

    • Colin M. Nichols-Orians

    Original Papers Pages: 552 - 560

14. On the opportunity cost of the photosynthate invested in stem elongation reactions mediated by phytochrome

    • C. L. Ballaré
    • A. L. Scopel
    • R. A. Sánchez

    Original Papers Pages: 561 - 567

15. Comparative investigations into the feeding ecology of six Mantodea species

    • Margit Reitze
    • Wolfgang Nentwig

    Original Papers Pages: 568 - 574

16. Plasticity in the degree of CAM-cycling and its relationship to drought stress in five species of Talinum (Portulacaceae)

    • Fred S. Harris
    • Craig E. Martin

    Original Papers Pages: 575 - 584

17. Costs of reproduction in Nyssa sylvatica: sexual dimorphism in reproductive frequency and nutrient flux

    • Martin L. Cipollini
    • Edmund W. Stiles

    Original Papers Pages: 585 - 593

18. Ecophysiological differences among juvenile and reproductive plants of several woody species

    • Lisa A. Donovan
    • James R. Ehleringer

    Short Communications Pages: 594 - 597

19. Polar bears make little use of terrestrial food webs: evidence from stable-carbon isotope analysis

    • M. A. Ramsay
    • K. A. Hobson

    Short Communications Pages: 598 - 600

20. Apologia

    EditorialNotes Pages: 600 - 600